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Can an external js file be included from within another external js file?

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Jun 15.2004

Is there a way to specify that an external js file get included whenever another external js file is loaded? For example, if I have an external file myFile.js, is there some directive, line of code, etc. that I can add to the top of the page that will allow me to include the file anotherFile.js? I don’t know if this is possible or not, but I am thinking it might be something like importing other .css files from within an external css file.

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@PittimannJun 15.2004 — Hi!

The problem is: js files must not include tags. What you can do is: prepare a tag to an external js file with an id and a blank src.

When the code in your first js file reached the point, you want to include the second file, just assign the appropriate src to the "blank" script tag referencing to it by its' id.

Cheers - Pit
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@VladdyJun 15.2004 — <i>
</i>function loadJS(filename)
{ scriptNode = document.createElement('script');
scriptNode.src = filename;
scriptNode.type = 'text/javascript';
(document.getElementsByTagName('head'))[0].appendChild(scriptNode);
}
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